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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Brave has great anti-fingerprinting measures I just wish I could get that without installing crypto malware on my pc

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Use Firefox with the Chameleon addon, works on Fennec as well (Android fork with Mozilla telemetry removed).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You only need uBlock basically, beware of other extensions. They're mostly snake oil and Firefox has anti-fingerprinting features per default.

https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Mullvad Browser comes with fingerprint blocking mechanisms of Tor Browser, without connecting to tor. I recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Firefox has by default as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

All the crypto stuff is opt-in.